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Vaulx-en-Velin: Abdelkader Lahmar's list won the town hall in 2026; Jean-Luc Mélenchon would lead here in 2027

Vaulx-en-Velin (Rhône, INSEE 69256) has 26,209 registered voters. Its council has 45 seats; the 2026 municipal election went to a second round on 22 March. The next municipal elections are in 2032; the presidential election is on 18 April 2027.

The municipal election, March 2026

Round two, 22 March · 11,531 voted, 10,634 valid votes

  1. VAULX EN COMMUN AVEC ABDELKADER LAHMARLed by Abdelkader Lahmar · France Unbowed 50.5% · 5,369 · 34 seats
  2. Vaulx-en-Velin unieLed by Hélène Geoffroy · Miscellaneous left 49.5% · 5,265 · 11 seats
  3. Vaulx CitoyensLed by Christine Bertin · Miscellaneous centre 0.0% · 0

Round one, 15 March · 9,606 voted, 9,340 valid votes

  1. Vaulx-en-Velin unieMiscellaneous left 43.6% · 4,069
  2. VAULX EN COMMUN AVEC ABDELKADER LAHMARFrance Unbowed 41.5% · 3,880
  3. Vaulx CitoyensMiscellaneous centre 12.6% · 1,173
  4. Lutte Ouvrière le camp des travailleursFar left 2.3% · 218

Official results, Ministère de l'Intérieur. Lists are labelled with the ministry's political "nuance"; lists in small communes carry none. The list that comes first takes half the seats as a bonus, and the rest are shared in proportion among lists over 5%.

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About Vaulx-en-Velin

Vaulx-en-Velin is a commune in Rhône with 26,209 registered voters, the 6th largest of the département's 266 communes. At the municipal election of March 2026 36.7% of them voted, fewer than the 56.7% across Rhône, and the list led by Abdelkader Lahmar won 34 of the council's 45 seats after a second round.

In the first round of the 2022 presidential election the commune voted France Unbowed 54.9%, Ensemble (Macron camp) 17.3%, National Rally 13.6%. France Unbowed did 33 points better here than across France.

Moved to today's national polls, our projection for the 2027 first round here has Jean-Luc Mélenchon ahead on 44.5%, with Marine Le Pen on 23.3%.

The 2027 presidential election here, round one

Our national forecast for round one, carried down to Vaulx-en-Velin from how it voted in 2022.

  1. Jean-Luc MélenchonFrance Unbowed 44.5% · France 16.8%
  2. Marine Le PenNational Rally 23.3% · France 34.2%
  3. Raphaël GlucksmannSocialists 13.0% · France 13.4%
  4. Édouard PhilippeEnsemble (Macron camp) 9.0% · France 14.3%
  5. Bruno RetailleauRepublicans 3.5% · France 7.6%
  6. Éric ZemmourReconquête 2.2% · France 3.8%
  7. Fabien RousselCommunist Party 1.6% · France 2.0%
  8. Marine TondelierGreens 1.3% · France 2.9%
  9. Nicolas Dupont-AignanSovereigntists 1.2% · France 2.1%
  10. Nathalie ArthaudFar left 0.5% · France 0.6%

In 2022, round one here: France Unbowed 54.9% · Ensemble (Macron camp) 17.3% · National Rally 13.6% · Reconquête 4.1% · Greens 2.0%. Each political family moves by its national change since 2022 (half uniform, half proportional), scaled so that every commune adds up to our national forecast. The national forecast →

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